Shoe counter



Ndv. 18, 1930. c. MILLER ET AL SHOE COUNTER Filed March 16 1928 INVENTOR [ll/I155 M/llfk Patented Nov. 18,1930

UNITED STATES PAT-E NT OF E? CHARLES MILLER, or LONG ISLAND orry, Ann ,MAxFEmsrnm, or ooRoNA,

NEW YORK 1 sHon COUNTER Application filed March 16, 1928.

This invention relates to shoe counters.

In high quality ladies footwear, particu larly evening slippers, it is very important that the parts of the shoe be made to lie'in contiguous relation or conform very accurately to the shape of the last. Much difliculty is experienced in making the counter fit the last snugly at the heel portion. Counters are designed to give rigidity to the rear 19 portion of the shoe, and consequently the inherent rigidity of the counter prevents as following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a counter embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the counter is formed; and

- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figs. 2 and 3. 3o Referring in detail to the drawing the counter 10 is seen to be formed of the usual shaped blank of leather, leather board or any othersuitable-material known in the art. .The marginal edge of the blank is bevelled as at 11 by skiving or otherwise. A narrow triangular shaped slot 12 is cut in the blank extending from the bottom edge thereof to a point substantially midway between the top and bottom edge as shown in Fig. 3. At the vertex of the triangle 12'is formed a small cut out 13 which may be of any suitable shape. The edge 14 of the blank adjacent to the cut out portions 12 and 13 is bevelled.

By virtue of the foregoing structure, when the count-er is placed upon the last, the wings 15 and 16 are made to overlap as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The edge 17 is folded over onto the bottom of the last. The portions 15 and 16 when brought into overlapped relationship merge into a curved and re-curved Serial No. 262,225.

edge portion at each sideof the medial point. The overlapping wings 15 and l6 form a pocket whichreceiv es the rear of the last at the heelseat, thus causing thecounter to: fit the last snugly, where in the prior artthe counter tendsto stand away from'thelast.

Having thus described theinvention we claimi j 4 -1. A counter for shoes, said counter being} provided with a transverse cut extending from the bottom edge to a point substantially midway between the top and bottom, the adj acent edges of said counter'at said out being bevelled and in overlapping relation with each other whenthe counter is assembled'in o5 theshoe. f 2. A counter for shoes, said counter being severed transversely thereof from the bottom edge to a point intermediate of the bottom and top edges, the adjacent edges of said counter at the severed portion being bevelled,

and adapted to overlap each other when the 7 counter is assembled in the shoe, the said counter having asmall cutout portion between the edge 'the severed portion and the top edge. r

3. A counter for shoes, said counter being severed transversely thereof from the bottom edgeto a point intermediate of the bottom and top edges, the adjacent edges of said so counter at the severed portion being bevelled, and adapted tooverlap each otherwhen the eounteris assembled in the shoe, the said counter having a small cut out portion betweenthe edge of the severed portion andthe top edge, the edge of'said cutout portion be-' ingbevelled. 1

' 4. A shoe counter having a re-entrant' up per edge and having'a out 'in its lower edge 7 at a median position, thelower edge of'the 9o counterrisingin each direction'from the portion having said out therein, said out having a hole at its upper end, the edges of said counter, includingsaid out, being skived.

5. A shoe 'counter consisting of a single piece of materialcut, shaped and skived' to provide the counter with portions at'a medial point on the "lower edge of the counter adapted to be overlapped in heelseat forming relationship, said portions merging into 1.00

a curved and recurved edge portion at each side of the medial point.

6. A shoe counter having a lower skived section including a central pointed portion, said portion cut from the point inwardly into the body of the counter, said portion skived and adapted to form an inwardly curved heel seat merging into skived heel seat forming side portions.

7. A shoe counter curved inwardly at the lower edge at each side of a central point and heel seat forming portions respectively at opposite sides of the central point capable of being overlapped, and each of said portions being skived.

8. A shoe counter having a top edge the draft of which is convex at each side of a central concave, a lower edge the draft of which is concave at each side of a central convex, and a cut in the central convex of the lower edge to provide heel seat forming portions adapted to be overlapped in heel seat forming relationship.

9. A shoe counter having a convex section substantially centrally of the lower edge thereof, said convex section having a cut therein to provide portions adapted to be overlapped to form a heel seat on the bottom of the'counter.

10. A shoe counter having an upwardly directed cut at the back of the counter, said out extending nearly to the rounded extremity of the heel.

11. A shoe counter having an upwardly directed cut at the back of the counter, said out extending nearly to the rounded extremity of the heel, the edges of said cut being beveled and overlapped. v

12. A shoe counter having in the blank the forward portions of its lower edges raised above the level of the median portion of its lower edge whereby the counter may be made to fit snuglyover the wearers heel by drawing said forward portions under the instep, said counter having a cut at the back in its lower edge, said out extending at least half way to the rounded back of the wearers heel, the edges of said out being beveled and over lapped. j c

,13. A shoe counter having in the blank the forward portions of its lower edges raised above the level of the median portion of its lower edge whereby the counter may be made to fit snugly over the wearers heel by drawing said forward portions under the instep, said counter having a cut at the back in its loweredge, said out extending a substantial distance above the level of the heel seat, the

edges of said out being beveled and over- 7 lapped and the uper edge of the counter being formed with a re-entrant angle.

CHARLES MILLER. MAX FEINSTEIN. 

